{"id":12069,"date":"2018-11-27T07:49:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T12:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12069"},"modified":"2018-11-27T07:49:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T12:49:21","slug":"trump-administration-proposes-letting-private-medicare-plans-exclude-new-types-of-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12069","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration proposes letting private Medicare plans exclude new types of drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Nicholas Florko for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"big-cap-wrap\"><span class=\"big-cap\">W<\/span><\/span>ASHINGTON \u2014 The Trump administration wants to give private Medicare plans the flexibility to exclude from their formularies certain drugs, including some like antidepressants and AIDS medications, in hopes the increased negotiating power will help the plans bring down drug costs for patients and for the Medicare program itself. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/11\/26\/trump-administration-proposes-letting-private-medicare-plans-exclude-new-types-of-drugs\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=67828455&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9aILLvW6zHRUkJ76Hv9_MMnrDT7jOs-9hGrH7JZDknqAw7FpOfzj2t4rthpi22vEUUg0AW9KqINLNjZGzKEoS4y1ZbPg&amp;_hsmi=67828455\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Nicholas Florko for STAT) WASHINGTON \u2014 The Trump administration wants to give private Medicare plans the flexibility to exclude<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,6,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislative-update","category-medicare-general","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12070,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12069\/revisions\/12070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}